Narcotic Joints Near Capitol Topic in Senate Debate
Senate debates stem from claims that four narcotic joints operate near the Capitol on Pennsylvania Avenue. Senator Blease cites lack of grand jury action and lax enforcement, while Prohibition Commissioner Doran defends Washington’s enforcement efforts. The chamber also approves penalties for shipboard opium and vessel liens.
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Washington
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Senate
Senator Blease
South Carolina
Blease
House
Doran
The
Prohibition Bureau
Howell
Neaska
Hoover
Nebraska
Department of Justice
District of Columbia
Grave Markers Honoring Revolution Soldiers Linked in Jefferson
Dedication ceremonies in Zion Churchyard Charles Town mark bronze markers for Major William Broaddus and Colonel William McGuire and honor nine Daughters of the Revolution with memorial tablets. Bee Line Chapter NSS D A R sponsors noted for eight years of activity including tablets in Edge Hill and Shepherdstown and a bronze tablet at the courthouse for Charles Washington.
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Jefferson County
Zion
Charles Town
Bee Line
Edith S. Gardner
J. F. W. Field
G. M. Beltzhoever
William H Vaught
West Virgina
William Broaddus
Harpers Cemetery
Harpers Ferry
Col
William McGuire
Zion Churchyard
Maj
Elizabeth Morgan Ranson
Olivia Morgan
Abel Morgan
Anna Maria Baylor Walke
Richard Baylor
Virginia Bedlinger Lucas
Daniel Bedlinger
Elizabeth Wysong Starry
Drum
Jacob Wysong
Mary Cordelia Brooke Rooker
Commodore Walter Brooke
Edge Hill
Elizabeth Bellinger Davenport
Capt
Henry Bedinger
Ariel Davenport
Lydia North Gibbs
George North
Shepherdstown
Mray Hoffman Shugart
John Hoffman
Bee Line Chapter
Anna Morgan Getzendanner
St. George's Chapel
Charles Washington
Crew Is Rescued With Breeches Buoy
Coast guardsmen used a breeches buoy to rescue the crew of the Swedish steamer Carl Genard ashore near Kil Devil Hill about 70 miles south of Virginia Beach. Twenty aboard including one woman were saved after she was hauled ashore first.
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Psi
Norfolk
Carl Genard
Kil! Devil Hill
Virginia Beach
New Auto Burned On Valley Pike
The new Chevrolet sedan of T. T. Mauck of the county caught fire while driven on the Valley Pike near Vaucluse last week and was totally destroyed. The car had only a few hundred miles on it since purchase and was insured against fire.
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T. T. Mauck
Valley Pike
Vaucluse
Waggoner Leaves To Face Charges In New York
Cheyenne Wyoming dispatch reports Waggoner, linked to a defraud scheme, leaving custody for trial in New York on charges connected to using emails to defraud six parties. He faces charges in a New York court as two officers accompany him.
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Waggoner
Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Waskoner
Telluride
Cal
New York
Frank Motz to report on fruit from Liverpool
Frank A Motz of Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg Va has been named the 26 principal marketing specialist to acquire information in Europe regarding competition demand and marketing of American fruits with London England as headquarters He will arrive in London this season succeeding Edwin Smith as the bureau foreign fruit marketing representative Motz has wide horticulture experience in Virginia since 1917 and in the northwest and Appalachian regions He helped popularize fruit inspection in Virginia and served on the state grades and standards committee The service to fruit producers abroad has gained support and will be expanded and strengthened
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Frank A. Motz
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Europe
London
Eng
Nils A. Olsen
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Motz
Edwin Smith
Bureau
England
Minnesota
Oregon Agricultural College
Virginia Polytechncs Institute
Virginia
Northwest
Northwestern
Appalachian
Olsen
Lindbergh Starts Guiana Leg With Heavy Mail Load
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh began his air mail flight to Paramaribo Dutch Guiana from Port of Spain at 7.16 am, with J F Trippe of Pan American following a minute later. He reported crossing the Orinoco at 8.15 am and waited to land at Georgetown, while weather stayed clear and coats were sent ashore to reduce weight.
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Associated Press
Miami
Charles A. Lindbergh
Georgetown
Pan-American Airways
Cardinal Dubois Dies in Paris at 73
Paris report announces Louis Ernest Dubois cardinal archbishop of Paris died today at age 73. The notice lists a local representative in Glasgow and a separate export advertising line for apples to L and H Williams Co at Winchester with a phone contact 982-W.
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Associated Press
Paris
Louis
Ernest Dubois
Special blanket and comfort values advertised by Moling and Cather
Local notice shows Moling and Cather advertising special values on blankets and comforts. It lists W M Turner and Co of Liverpool and Manchester as contact, with Thomas Mathews as local representative at 5 North Stewart St Winchester and phone 982 W.
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W. M. Turner & Co
Liverpool
Manchester
Thomas Mathews
North Stewart St
Moling & Cather’s
Wanted 25 laborers for gas plant work
Short notice labor request seeks 25 workers reporting to Superintendent Goss at the gas plant. The notice specifies immediate availability and readiness to start work, with a contact point for assignment.
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Goss
Auction Sale Announced for Clifford Street Home Goods
Saturday auction at 426 W Clifford St features all household goods and many antiques. Mrs. Frank Reynolds conducts sale with 1 p.m. start.
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W. Clifford
Frank Reynolds
Fire destroys car on East Piccadilly Street
A car caught fire on East Piccadilly Street around 7 31 last night after gas fumes ignited when a match was struck on the fender. John A Carver and William Huff were treated at Memorial Hospital for burns to hands and Huff for leg burns.
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East Piccadilly Street
John A. Carver
William Huff
Memorial Hospital
Huff
Carver
Steel Issues Halt Slump in Stock Market
Nervous trading characterized the day as prices rose at the open then fell before mid day with heavy selling in utilities. Steel shares led a late rebound in an irregular close as some 4,400,000 shares changed hands and call money rose to 10 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Goebel Leads Mexico City to Kansas City Air Derby
Art Goebel, American flyer, started from Valbuena Flying Field as the first racer in the Mexico City to Kansas City air derby at 11 am. He was the sole American entrant and was followed two minutes later by five Mexican army fliers.
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Associated Press
Valbuena Flying
Field
Mexico City
Art Goebel
Winchester Presbytery Opens Fall Meeting in Piedmont
The Winchester Presbytery begins its regular fall session at the Piedmont Presbyterian Church in Piedmont West Virginia with the Rev. F F Shannon delivering the opening sermon. Reports on devotional exercises foreign missions and religious education are scheduled and Dr Sydnor and Dr Dabney Fulton will speak.
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Winchester
G. G. Sydnor
Charles Town
W. Va
Committee On Foreign Missions and Religious Education
Dabney Fulton
Foreign Missions
Presbytery
Stewardship Committee
Committee On Christian Education
Piedmont Church
Youth Who Stole Securities Held For Questioning
Milton Alter a 17 year old messenger confessed stealing 512000 dollars in securities from R V Hiscoe and Company. He appeared in the police line up for further questioning as detectives doubt his tale. Police suspect a criminal network taught youths to commit such crimes on Wall Street.
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Associated Press
New York
Milton Atler
Edward Mullrooney
Alter
R. V. Hiscoe and Company
Wall Street
Three Killed in Plane Crash on Lake Manitoba
A Western Canada Airways plane crashed into Lake Manitoba 130 miles north of Winnipeg. Victims named by the company report are George McKee the Toronto pilot, Arthur Roach the Winnipeg engineer, and Arthur Hunt Chute the New York novelist.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Western Canada Airways
Lake Manitoba
The
Airways Company
George McKee
Toronto
Arthur Roach
Gas Company Opens New Office on South Loudoun Street
The Consumers Utilities Company moves from West Piccadilly to 35 South Loudoun Street in the Woodward building for a term of years. An informal reception will be held Wednesday evening inviting patrons and the public, with souvenirs for the ladies.
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Consumers Utilities Company
West Piccadilly Street
Woodward Building
South Loudoun Street
Former theatre patron checks on towed car after cigarette break
A man who stepped outside the theatre during a show to smoke a cigarette now goes to verify whether the police towed his automobile from a nearby lot, a note from the Detroit News states.
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Detroit News
Virginia apple shipment sails to Buenos Aires from Hampton Roads
A first of its kind Virginia apple cargo, totaling 320 carloads and over 40 000 barrels, will be loaded at Norfolk and shipped to Buenos Aires aboard the Italian freighter Edda. Gano Ben Davis and Delicious apples lead the load as Virginia ports push exports with State Port Authority support and railroad cooperation.
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Associated Press
Hampton Roads
Virginia
South America
Buenos Aires
Norfolk Municipal
Edda
Norfolk
Gano
Ben Davis
Mr. Apperson
State Port Authority of
Kent Apperson
Bedford
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Apperson
Apples From Frederick County For South American Shipments
A large portion of the next week’s shipload from Hampton Roads to Buenos Aires originates in Frederick county orchards. This fall and winter will see additional shipments, continuing a pattern from earlier years when Frederick county fruit went to Europe and South America.
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Hampton Roads
Buenos Aires
South America
Frederick County
Virginia
Europe
Police Court Hears Hit and Run Charges Tonight
D. M. Kane and Harold Hughes face police court trial at 7 o'clock on charges of hiring hit and run drivers. They allegedly collided with other cars and did not stop. They deny the charges. Harry Johnson fined 7 dollars for riding motorcycle with open cut-out. G Fred Hoover pleads guilty to 71 bottles of home brew beer and appeals after 30 days jail and 50 dollar fine. Six drunks pay 12 dollars for public intoxication.
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D. M. Kane
Harold Hughes
Harry Johnson
G. Fred Hoover
Justice Weems
Hoover
Corporation Court
Youth Gravely Ill With Blood Poison
Franklin Strother a 3 year old of White Hall is in Memorial Hospital in a precarious condition with a hip infection from a fall while playing. He was operated on yesterday and there is little or no improvement, according to relatives.
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Franklin Strother
B. F. Strother
White Hall
Memorial Hospital
New Motor Coach Route Planned From Winchester to Parkersburg
State completion of sections in Garrett county signals start of a new Winchester Parkersburg motor coach line. A company plans ten to twelve modern coaches linking Winchester and Parkersburg with connections east and west. Daily traffic at Winchester terminal runs about 50 coaches, with demand rising.
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Maryland
Garrett County
Winchester
Parkersburg
W. Va
Union Bus
Eastern Public Service Corporation
Washington
Bristol
Knoxville
Tenn
Blue Ridge Transportation Company
Harrisburg
Washington visitors spend weekend with Mrs Ebersole
Mrs Ebersole hosts her children Mrs Ernest Sloat Miss Jose e Ebersole and Mr Harry Ebersole of Washington for a weekend at her South Camieron street home.
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Ernest Sloat
Josee Ebersole
Harry Ebersole
Washington
A. L. Ebersole
South Camieron Streeh
Brother Thrown From Roof Leads to Prison Term
Roswell Hensell, local artist and lifelong Grimes resident, had his brother Charles Hensell arrested after he allegedly cursed him on a roof and then threw him to the ground. Charles was found guilty of assault in county magistrate court, receiving sixty days in jail and a $25 fine plus costs.
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Grimes
Roswell Hensell
Charles Hensel
Charles Hensell
Tavenner
Roswell
Charles
Ros Ewell
Sam Crane Faces Separate Trials for Double Murder
In Harrisburg on September 23, former major and Pacific Coast League star Sam Crane went on trial on murder charges tied to the August 3 saloon slayings of his former sweetheart Della Lyter and her companion Jack Oren. The defense seeks a second-degree verdict while prosecutors push for first-degree murder with the death penalty for Lyter’s killing. The state asserts jealousy over Oren’s attentions to Lyter sparked the shootings.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Sam
Red’) Crane
Della Lyter
Jack Oren
New Cumberland
Crane
Oren
Thomas D. Caldwell
Robert T. Fox
Miss Lyter
Mrs Grace Crim Dies After Sudden Heart Collapse
Mrs Grace M Renn Crim wife of Rev Harry M Crim pastor of the Strasburg Presbyterian Church Virginia died suddenly in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Survived by husband a five year old son Keith a newborn infant and her Pennsylvania family. Funeral services were held in Strasburg and interment planned in Shamokin.
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Grace M. Crm
Harry M. Crim
Presbyterian Church
Strasburg
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Crim
Grace M. Renn
Shamokin
Keith
Haushand County
Brucetown
Cunty
United Rethren Church
Africa
Winchester
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
F. T. McFaden
Loudoun Street
Dr. McFaden
Mre Crim
Family cloth estine history recalled in Kansas city article
In Kansan city archival lookback readers recall the old family cloth estine wired cable craft noted for its strength. The piece reflects on wire used in early construction and the technique's role in local industry.
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Kansan
Woman Denies Murder Cult In A Ringing Voice
Bel Air Maryland September 23 Mrs Stone pleads not guilty to murdering her 15 year old George by poison at their home in Bel Air June 4. More than 60 jurors called and questioned with eight accepted the rest challenged. Crowd small but attentive as jurors examined for hours with many disqualified for expressed opinions. Mrs Stone sits calm in black attire beside defense attorney Harold Cobourn during proceedings.
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Associated Press
Bel Air
Spoors
Cess
Venire
Preston
Talis
Kiam F. Whiteford
Thomas B. Ham
Seth B. Taylor
Wil Rigdon
Columbus P. James Standiford
T. Carrollkins
Robert Leight
Wa Boone
Robert Meeks
Harold
Cobourn
Interes
Miller Hugging in grave condition after influenza
Aged New Yorker Miller Hugging, 71, shown at St. Vincent's Hospital, remained in very grave condition after contracting influenza and erysipelas. Blood transfusions were attempted as doctors battled complications from a bad cold and a boil on his body. He was born March 27 last year.
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Associated Press
New York
Miller
Ager
St 4Cent’s Hospital
Huggins
Hoxgtee
Eddy of Handley High Heads to Washington University
Richard K. Eddy of Handley High School class of 1929 has moved to Lexington Virginia to enroll at Washington Lee University for the coming session.
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Richard K. Eddy Agga Ate
Handley High School
Lexiton
Wiington
Lee — University
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Frank Motz
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L. & H. Williams & Co
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North Stewart Stes
Goebel
CET
Piedmont
Frank B. Crawford
Lake
Washington, D. C
State Corporation Commission
Towns Bus Line, Inc
Virginia Motorines, Inc
Washingtone Valley Motor Lines Inc
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Lexington
Roanoke
Pulaski
Lynchburg
Harrisonburg
Bridgewater
Shenandoah
Glade Spring Junction
Saltville
Clifton Forge
Royal Palad
Bucharest
Michael
Romania
Hensell
Sam Crane
HM. Crim
Hattie Stone
Havre de Grace
Apears
Talesmen
Emation
Walter W
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